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Chantilly Patiño is the founder and publisher of Multicultural Familia and Bicultural Mom, as well as the Managing Editor for New Latina. She is an activist for social change and writes avidly about feminism, racism and multicultural life. Connect with her on Twitter @BiculturalMom or email Chantilly at chantilly@biculturalmom.com.
We are excited to share a guest post by Jeff Zorilla, author of a new English translation of Jungle Tales, as part of the Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros Blog Hop. The blog hop is part of an initiative by Latinas4LatinoLit.org, a collective of Latina bloggers who hope to shine a light on published Latino [...]
For Immediate Release: Announcing the Official Launch of ELLA Leadership Institute and Inaugural Annual Conference at Columbia University New York, NY | March 11, 2013 - The Ella Leadership Institute is the first professional development platform to launch this 2013 for Latina women whose participation will advance their careers and leadership, and connect them to a network [...]
Join Mixed Marrow and Icla da Silva at UPenn on March 28, 2013 for Mixed Heritage Week! The drive will be held at the UPenn campus at the Hall of Flags from 12noon-5pm. If you are in the area, feel free to join stop by! If you are not nearby and a healthy adult between 18-44, please consider donating via [...]
Hapa Japan Festival is a FREE EVENT celebrating mixed-race and mixed-roots Japanese people and culture. The event will take place on April 2-6, 2013 in Los Angeles, and will include a concert featuring hapa artists, a comedy night at East West Players, readings by award-winning authors, a historical exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum, film screenings [...]
White Males & Gun Violence via Tumblr: “In less than 10 days, the number of women and children killed will exceed the number of people–children and women and Lanza himself–lost on Friday. The same culture that results in so many unplanned, domestic, gun-enabled murders–part of 15,000 single victim homicides a year–is the one that [...]
via Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media | SeeJane.org
About Black Girls CODE Latism 2012 has ended, but the buzz is circulating around several stand-out organizations that made a splash a the conference last week. One of those organizations is Black Girls Code. The organization, which provides education in computer technology for girls ages 7-17, is based in San Francisco and provides the crucial [...]
Welcome to the NEW Multicultural Familia! Happy Monday and Welcome to the NEW Multicultural Familia website! We’ve got some new and updated features to share with you this morning! For starters, we’ve revamped our site to include more spaces to feature our upcoming media partners and favorite social causes! We’re also working on making things [...]
Walk-N-Roll Twitter Party for Spina Bifida! Laura Tellado, known as Laurita by her friends, was born with Spina Bifida in Puerto Rico in 1986 with myelomeningocele, the severest form of spina bifida. In 1990, her family moved to Orlando, Florida in order to give her the best possible care. Now, as an adult, Laura is a [...]
TODAY IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY! Today is NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY, Tuesday, September 25th! If you haven’t registered yet, please do so. ♥ Register online at http://www.gottaregister.com/ Find out more about NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY: nationalvoterregistrationday.org
New Series Makes Dreams Real for Brown Girls & Calms Childhood Check-up Fears Scroll down for giveaway details… I can’t say enough good things about this series. Doc McStuffins, which premiered last year and has been signed for a second season during Disney’s Summer programming, is a series aimed at children ages 2-7 years old. The [...]
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